Elizabeth Murphy, of the Burin peninsula, discusses pillow tops with Joelle Carey and Megan Sutherland. Pillow tops are square textiles, woven from wool on a wooden frame and were traditionally made by Newfoundland men working in the lumber camps....

Elizabeth Ann Murphy (left) and Nicole Penney (right) holding two wooden frames used to make pillow tops, St. John's. The frame held by Murphy was constructed in 2006 and the frame held by Penney was constructed circa 1960

Materials for making pillow tops. Wooden frame, small twine needle, fishing twine, and wool of various colours, and a knife. This was taken at Weaving in the Woods, a pillow top making workshop organized by The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland...

Interview with Dorothy Vaandering on the topic of learning how to make pillow tops. Vanndering discusses meeting a new friend at a pillow top workshop and coping with the death of that friend through creating pillow tops.

Interview with Georgina Mercer about her pillow tops. She has one small pillow top her father made for her in 1949, while stationed at the Buchans Mine. This pillow top is approximately 65 years old. Circa 1974-1985 Mercer and her father...